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Re: The Official Tom Daley thread

Obviously the little douchebag who ruined the thread did what he wanted and left, he said he'd post all the new Tom pics, then disappeared....because of him, I'm not as into Tom as I was, and clearly, he hasn't been on anyone else's mind here....found these, thought I'd restart the thread and maybe someone will keep it current.

just a couple of hours after missing out on a medal in the 10m synchronised diving, British hope Tom Daley was receiving abuse on Twitter, including references to his late father.

18-year-old Daley, in partnership with Pete Waterfield, finished fourth in the event, having led at the halfway stage. A misjudged dive cost them their lead, and the duo could not recover.

But despite the near-miss, a defiant Daley made an example of a Twitter user who launched a sickening rant.
"After giving it my all you get idiots sending me this," Daley tweeted before linking to the message, from a user named Riley Junior.

Original Tweet

Tom, retweets, and puts him to shame

all of toms fans (and basically everyone tracking the olympics on twitter) mauled the kid in response to the tweets, which continued:

once it got out of hand he started GROVELLING for an apology but by then it was too late. sky news was already reporting the tweets live on tv worldwide putting the **** to shame in front of millions of olympics fans. that didn't even stop him, cos he did the worst thing possible after all this..... he kept going

Yeah, just finished reading about this. Apparently it was trending Worldwide.

He claimed he didn't know Tom's Dad had died.....there's been documentaries about it, it's been on every news channel for the last week and, assuming the kid doesn't watch the news or spend much time away from the keyboard, the commentary on the UK coverage of today's event mentioned it repeatedly, including shots of his family in the audience etc.

Tbh, I'm glad Tom called him out on it. Others will disagree but the low life deserves the hate.

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha haha....... next time that kid should watch his mouth. he deserved it. even if his father was still alive, you don't need to shit on a man when he's down.

and where's the links to the pics of the carnage. they're missing. whoops, nevermind.

one thing about the closet/you don't have to hurry/it will be bad tomorrow/so brother, don't you worry

I know who viewed, but didn't reply! MEEEEEE!! Usually i can't narrow it down like that. [EDIT] Well THAT sure changed fast, lol!!

This is so sick (meant by the traditional definition) and sad, and entirely uncalled for. Why do these Britons suddenly sound more like people who would hang out in in American "trailer parks" Forum?

A little part of me dies when I see people being so cruel. It reminds me of my reaction when I found out that Hank Aaron got death threats (complete with racist comments and other worst-of-humanity stuff) when he hit Home Run #715 in the 1970's. I started bawling on the spot, it was so cruel. My reaction isn't as visceral this time (perhaps because he is certainly not some well-known athlete I've been following for 10 or 15 years), but it is still very sad.

He needs some Twitter hugs.

Last edited by frankfrank; July 30th, 2012 at 03:07 PM.

"Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking." -The Scarecrow, WIZARD OF OZ, 1939"If Hitler is dehumanized and shown only as a devil, any future Hitler may not be recognized, simply because he is a human being/" - SWASTIKA, 1974Make, for a man, a fire - and he'll be warm for a few hours. Set a man afire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.Satire is meant to ridicule power. If you are laughing at people who are hurting, it's not satire, it's bullying. - Terry Pratchett

I saw this earlier when I was in work. This guy had a severe case of the crazies.

He told several people he had a gun licence for shooting birds and was going to kill them with it (The gun, not the licence), he threatened to burn down some people's houses and even though he was trying to act 'tough' over the internet (though we know that's not possible) he tweeted Tom Daley several times saying "I'm sorry, I don't want to be hated" and when Mr. Daley didn't reply, Mr. Crazy went off on one!

This is why I hate the culture in which I have grown up. Fucking idiotic big man who looked about 12 years old threatening strangers. Makes me sick. Ironically, in the future this guy will win the lottery, go figure ...

Tbh, it sounds like he's a closet case. The way he is begging Tom Daley to pay him some sort of interest then flipping out because he ignores him. He clearly, like the rest of the UK, loves Tom Daley. Can't say I blame him, but no need to go all postal about it.

Originally Posted by DigitalFudge

How does he have that many followers though?

Probably earned 99.99999999% of them tonight from people desperate to keep up with the latest drama.

Says me as I reply to a thread about it

I don't even have Twitter but I've used the phrases "trending worldwide" and "tweet" tonight

This kid should not have posted those stupid words. Yes. Indeed. Understood.
But I think all this stuff against him is now too much. Everyone is pushing him way too far, come on, he's just a teenage boy !
This is becoming a worldwilde vendetta, I just find it nasty, harsh and disproportionate. Let's try to remember when we were kids and had made some stupid bullshit, and how we felt then...

I just sent him a message of solidarity and support (similar to my post above) on Facebook. I know he's NOT going to see my message buried in the absolute TSUNAMI of Facebook messages while being so busy in London and all (as I assume he's not likely to go home immediately, he's probably there for the duration), but...just in case...he doesn't need all that damn hate.

"Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking." -The Scarecrow, WIZARD OF OZ, 1939"If Hitler is dehumanized and shown only as a devil, any future Hitler may not be recognized, simply because he is a human being/" - SWASTIKA, 1974Make, for a man, a fire - and he'll be warm for a few hours. Set a man afire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.Satire is meant to ridicule power. If you are laughing at people who are hurting, it's not satire, it's bullying. - Terry Pratchett

A teenager has been arrested by police investigating abuse of Team GB diver Tom Daley on Twitter.
After coming fourth in the men's synchronised 10m platform diving event on Monday, the 18-year-old received a message telling him he had let down his father.
Daley's father Rob died in 2011 from brain cancer.
A 17-year-old boy was arrested at a guest house in the Weymouth area on suspicion of malicious communications.
Daley responded to the tweet by posting: "After giving it my all...you get idiot's sending me this..."
The user, Rileyy69, posted a later tweet apologising for the comment before the Twitter account was suspended.

Re: The Official Tom Daley thread

From Olympics

Must say his diving partner is one hot stud too and look at those packages on the last photo and this is in cold conditions that shrink your goods up. These guys are packing some serious heat I tell ya

Yes both will be taking part in individual diving on 10th ? I think. I think the guy who made the comments was a 17 year old fan who was just massively dissapointed and made the tweet in the heat of the moment probably thinking no one will ever notice it. I must admit was a bit pissed of myself as I was routing for them

Re: The Official Tom Daley thread

For those of you like me, who love Tom Daley, you HAVE to watch this 52 minute show the BBC. It aired just before the Olympics about Tom and his family. He is truly an amazing guy and you will love him even more after you see it!